I hired her to answer phones.
Not to unravel me.
Not to become my son’s favorite person.
And definitely not to make me forget how to breathe.

I don’t do messy.
I run a billion-dollar company, raise my son, and keep everything locked down tight, because the last time I let myself feel, I lost everything.

Then Elena walks in.

She’s chaos in red heels. Emails go unsent. Meetings get double-booked. Messages disappear into thin air.
She’s disorganized, unpredictable… and somehow still becomes the center of my world—of my son’s world.

And mine.

When her past comes crashing back, I’m the one she turns to. The one who steadies her. The one who holds her together in the dark.

Somewhere between late nights, quiet confessions, and the way she fits into my life like she was always meant to be there… I fall. Hard.

She calls it temporary.
I call it everything.

But the moment I stop fighting it is the moment my world fights back.

My family sees her as a risk. A liability. Something to eliminate.

And just like that, she’s gone.

They think I’ll let her walk away.

They’re wrong.

Because this time, I’m not losing the woman I love.

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